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  • noun The cardinal number after twenty-two and before twenty-four.

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  • adjective being three more than twenty
  • noun the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-two and one

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Examples

  • The referees called twenty-three fouls on Shelbyville—a final-game record—and sixteen on Terre Haute Garfield.

    Getting Open Tom Graham 2006

  • The referees called twenty-three fouls on Shelbyville—a final-game record—and sixteen on Terre Haute Garfield.

    Getting Open Tom Graham 2006

  • The referees called twenty-three fouls on Shelbyville—a final-game record—and sixteen on Terre Haute Garfield.

    Getting Open Tom Graham 2006

  • The referees called twenty-three fouls on Shelbyville—a final-game record—and sixteen on Terre Haute Garfield.

    Getting Open Tom Graham 2006

  • The referees called twenty-three fouls on Shelbyville—a final-game record—and sixteen on Terre Haute Garfield.

    Getting Open Tom Graham 2006

  • The referees called twenty-three fouls on Shelbyville—a final-game record—and sixteen on Terre Haute Garfield.

    Getting Open Tom Graham 2006

  • Justice Kennedy was in the majority 92 percent of the time, including in eighteen of twenty-three 5–4 cases, more than any other justice.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • In its most recent term, October Term 2008, there were seventy-five decisions and twenty-three were decided by a 5–4 margin.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • In the same legislative package, Reagan successfully gained passage of twenty-three other “anti-crime” bills.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • They have documented twenty-three of these cases where innocent people were executed by the state.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

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